Suitable for all building types

Real estate insurance suitable for all building types

There are many risks involved in owning and managing a building and using it for commercial activities, and as buildings often tie up large amounts of capital, it is worthwhile to ensure that they are properly insured. Real Estate Insurance is suitable for all building types and can be customised flexibly to meet your needs. Whether your building is used for residential, commercial or industrial purposes, we will insure it either for its full value based on cubic volume or up to a desired sum.

If your property suffers a fire or water damage due to leakage, the damages will be reimbursed from your real estate insurance. Real estate insurance is also useful if you become liable for indemnities as the property owner for loss/damage that you have caused to another party. This may happen if an outsider slips and suffers injury on your property.

Real estate insurance covers

the building

structures, surface coverings and fittings, the modifications of which are at the same level as the original ones

HVAC and electrical systems permanently fixed in a building, and the related equipment and machines

fixed ordinary outside structures, such as open shelters and waste bin shelters and sports equipment stores totalling a maximum of 40 m².

also equipment for shared use, such as property-maintenance machinery.

What is covered under Real Estate Insurance for companies?

You can insure your real estate against various types of damage, either for its full value, i.e. by cubic content, or up to the agreed sum insured.

theft or criminal damage to the property caused in connection with a break-in or burglary.

breakage of a machine or equipment serving the building.

storm or a stroke of lightning.

a wild animal.

As a supplementary cover, real estate insurance can include extended insurance for voluntary workers, which covers injuries sustained by persons participating in voluntary work at real estate premises or during related transportation.

How it works

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Our real estate insurance policies also include general liability and legal expenses insurance

The property owner’s general liability insurance covers bodily injury or material damage caused to outside parties for which your company is liable for indemnification as the property owner. A typical loss case is when a passer-by slips within the housing company's area, thereby suffering a leg injury. If you have neglected your duty to grit the icy ground on the property, you may be held liable for indemnification.

Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance provides cover for the company’s executives. It covers financial losses incurred by the company, shareholders or other parties for which a lay property manager or board member are held liable under the Limited Liability Housing Companies Act.

How will the pipe renovation method be taken into account in building leak damage?

When it comes to compensation for a leak damage, the age of the pipes influences the amount of compensation via the age reduction.

On the other hand, the pipe renovation method used affects the way the age of the pipes is taken into account when calculating deductions.

VTT’s certified method (only applies to sewer pipes)

At a site where an old sewer pipe has been verifiably renovated using VTT’s certified method such that a new pipe equipped with ring stiffness is formed inside the sewer pipe, the counting of the year of use affecting the age reduction begins from the start of the calendar year 10 years after the renovation year.

Modern methods include:

• Adapting pipe installation: A new factory-made pipe is installed inside the old sewer pipe.

• Cured-in-place pipe: A new factory-made pipe is installed inside the old pipe and cured in place.

• Die-casting: A new resin pipe is die-cast inside the old pipe. The thickness of the new pipe is at least 3 mm.

Other modern methods (applies to sewer and domestic water pipes)

Since 2006, Pohjola Insurance has taken modern pipe renovation methods into account when calculating the property leak damage age reduction.

In case of compensation, we halve the age of the original pipe so that the age reductions made in the case of pipe leaks are materially lower than the insurance terms and conditions. This practice will continue at sites where a renovation has not been performed using VTT’s aforementioned certified methods.

New pipes

At sites where domestic water or sewer pipes are replaced by completely renovated pipes, the counting of the years of use starts with the beginning of the calendar year following the installation year.